What is the meaning of FLIMSY. Phrases containing FLIMSY
See meanings and uses of FLIMSY!Slangs & AI meanings
five pounds (£5), early 1900s, so called because of the thin and flimsy paper on which five pound notes of the time were printed.
Train order. (Standard practice is to issue these on tissue paper to facilitate the making of carbon copies)
Train order. (See flimsy)
v. to wreck in such a way that one's person is tossed like a flimsy scrap of cloth. "Did you see me rag dolly back there? I think I pierced my ear on a tree branch."
Flimsy is slang for banknote.Flimsy is British slang for a counterfeit banknote.
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superl.
Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection.
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Flimsy; frail.
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Like gossamer; flimsy.
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Limp; flexible; flimsy.
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Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.
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Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
n.
Thin or transfer paper.
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Flimsy; vague; deceptive.
n.
The state or quality of being flimsy.
n.
A bank note.
n.
That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.
superl.
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
n.
Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
adv.
In a flimsy manner.
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